Where does “düzine” come from?

düzine (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دوزینه, from Italian dozzina, from Occitan dotzena, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

düzine (Turkish): dozen

Definitions

  1. dozen

Ancestry of “düzine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدوزینهdozen (twelve)
2Italiandozzinadozen
3Occitandotzenadozen
4Vulgar Latindodeci
5Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
6Latindecemten; 10
7Latin-nus-an
8Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem